Author Archives: Ian Weinfass

Charles Henshaw & Sons has filed for administration after 120 years of trading. Directors of the Edinburgh-based envelope specialist blamed issues with legacy contracts and main contractor delays on new project starts for causing it to become loss-making. Administrator Shona Campbell at Henderson Loggie is seeking a buyer for the…

A joint venture involving Morgan Sindall’s development arm is in line to regenerate Wolverhampton city centre. City of Wolverhampton Council is set to enter into a development agreement with ECF, formerly known as the English Cities Fund, for the £50m programme. ECF comprises Homes England, Legal & General and the…

Galliford Try has said its turnover is set to exceed £1.64bn in its latest financial year. In a trading update for the 12 months to 30 June 2024, published this morning (11 July), the contractor said its turnover would be above the upper end of current analyst forecasts. These are…

The director of a building contractor has been fined after he hit an employee while reversing a lorry. Peter O’Hare, who is both a director and worker at County Down-based Peter O’Hare Ltd, caused an employee to suffer “serious crush injuries” in the incident, which took place in November 2022,…

Is a looming legal time limit behind a rise in defect claims relating to long-completed schemes built under private finance intiatives?  In autumn 2021, North Kent Police Station’s geothermal heating system broke down. Almost three years later, the administrators of the company holding the station’s private finance initiative (PFI) brought…

ISG is in line for a £13.9m hit following the liquidation of one of the UK’s largest envelope specialist brands. Private equity-backed Clarison Group was renamed TGCL 2024 Ltd at Companies House in March and filed a notice of liquidation this week. £85m-turnover Clarison was formally launched in 2021, joining…

Stanhope has been invited to talk to City of London Corporation officers about further revisions to its 73-storey skyscraper plans following concerns from neighbours, including insurance giant Lloyd’s of London. The City of London’s planning committee was recommended to approve the updated proposals for 1 Undershaft, which include more than…

The number of Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigations into falls from height in construction has dropped starkly, Construction News can reveal. Prospect, the union representing HSE inspectors, warned that the organisation has scaled back its investigations across all types and abolished its construction division. Data obtained by CN under…

Keltbray has dropped back into the red, partly due to ongoing costs related to its case against the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) over the level of its fine for colluding over tender prices between 2013 and 2018. The multidisciplinary specialist swung to a pre-tax loss of £1.2m in the…

A building control company which last month saw its high-risk building inspection work taken over by the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) has been sanctioned by a professional disciplinary panel, it has emerged. In results published last Wednesday (26 June), a disciplinary panel for the CIC Approved Inspectors Register (CICAIR) said…